Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/06/24/13:23:27
Shawn Hargreaves wrote:
>
> Count Floyd writes:
> >The Demo.exe & Grabber don't open a "DOSBOX" (MS-DOS Textmode Window)
> >in the beginning while Example 15 does...
>
> I'm afraid I still don't follow you: Win95 _always_ starts DOS apps up
> in a text mode window, and the Allegro programs later switch into
> graphics mode. There's no function to open up a "DOSBOX", it's something
> that Win95 does without the program having any involvement in it...
Well, I dunno who said that in the first place, but:
The graphics programs DO open a window! but shortly after that window is
closed because the program switches to graphics mode.
On the other hand example 15 needs a parameter on the command line. If
you don't provide it , the program will say "you need to invoke me like
this blah blah" or whatever it says then will exit. You will now have a
inactive dos box on the screen.
What this has to do with a possible bug in allegro, I dunno.
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